The efficacy of ilizarov method for management of long tibial bone and soft tissue defect.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with open fracture Gustillo-Anderson grade 3 had undergone several surgical procedures, but still ended up with expose long dead bone or infected. Illizarov method was used to address long bone and soft tissue defect after re-debridement with radical resection of long dead bone or infected segment.

Methods

We included 14 patients (mean age: 30.86 ± 11.49) with non-union tibial fracture with long dead and infected bone segment who had undergone several debridement, bone grafting or spacer and soft tissue closure procedure due to open fracture of tibia grade 3. The subjects underwent re-debridement with radical resection of dead or infected bone segment followed by Illizarov method to perform bone transport procedure for bone defect filling and simultaneo

SUBMITTER: Miraj F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350182 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature